Three's Company

One of the ladies I work with is leaving. Her husband got some job and she’s moving, it’s too bad, because we were all just settling into being here together.

My office itself is large, but my department is little, just three other ladies and myself. So we work very closely together and know that we have to find just the right fit. We spend all day right near each other and we’re having a hard time finding just the right person.

So here today, I will offer my unsolicited advice about how NOT to act in a job interview:

1. Do not wear hoochie-momma shoes. Red high heels are most likely not going to impress us here in Payless Shoe Source town.
2. Don’t talk about your mom so much, we know what that means. You’ll be on the phone with her every second.
3. Don’t talk about an altercation with a fellow co-worker and brag about how you brought “the boss” into it. We try to not do that here.
4. Don’t mumble. That’s not very productive in our “open” environment. We scream at each other across the way all the time. Speak up.
5. Don’t talk too loudly. It’s not very productive in our “open” environment. Everyone else can hear what you say all the time. Careful.
6. We like aggressive, but telling us over and over that you “will do anything to get the job done” and then proving that point by telling us how demanding you are kind of scares us.
7. Bring us cookies, even if you’re not here for a job interview. Just bring us cookies. We love it.
8. Do not go through each single point of your very long resume unless we ask you to.
9. Don’t assume. Just because we say we might be doing 2nd interviews doesn’t mean you’re coming for one.

We’ve got more people coming in soon.

Maybe I should hand out this list first?